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RESEARCH PRODUCT

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Belpaoviridae 2021

Carlos LlorensMart KrupovicBeatriz Soriano

subject

0303 health sciencesbiology030302 biochemistry & molecular biologyRetrotransposonPseudoviridaebiology.organism_classificationVirologyGenomeLong terminal repeat3. Good health03 medical and health sciencesVirologyCaulimoviridaeMetaviridaeGeneVirus classification030304 developmental biology

description

The family Belpaoviridae comprises metazoan-infecting reverse-transcribing viruses with long terminal repeats, commonly known as Bel/Pao LTR retrotransposons. These viruses share evolutionary history and genes involved in genome replication and virion formation with reverse-transcribing viruses of the families Metaviridae, Pseudoviridae, Retroviridae and Caulimoviridae. These five families form the order Ortervirales. This is a summary of the ICTV Report on the family Belpaoviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/belpaoviridae.

https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001688